Constraints on low-dimensional string compactifications

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 480, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 213-224

  Sethi, S ^a   Vafa, C ^a   Witten, E ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

F theory; M theory; Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030602102     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0550-3213(96)00483-x     Document Type: Article

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